# ElasticSearch with SSL and F5 url

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-with-ssl-and-f5-url/138771>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-with-ssl-and-f5-url/138771 "2018-07-05T16:27:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ashok.gadiraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@ashok.gadiraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashok.gadiraju)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-with-ssl-and-f5-url/138771/1 "2018-07-05T16:27:59Z")

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HI,

I am facing issue with connecting to ElasticSearch cluster that is secured with SSL and using a F5 on top of that.

My code without F5 and connecting directly to a node is as follows

```
private SSLContext getSocketFactory() {
	SSLContext sslContext = null;
	InputStream identityKeyStoreFile = null;
	InputStream trustKeyStoreFile = null;
	try {
		KeyStore identityKeyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("jks");
		Resource r = new FileSystemResource(keyStore);
			
		identityKeyStoreFile = r.getInputStream();
		identityKeyStore.load(identityKeyStoreFile, keyStorePwd.toCharArray());

		KeyStore trustKeyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("jks");
		Resource r1 = new FileSystemResource(trustStore);
		trustKeyStoreFile = r1.getInputStream();
		trustKeyStore.load(trustKeyStoreFile, trustStorePwd.toCharArray());
		
		sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
				// load identity keystore
				.loadKeyMaterial(identityKeyStore, keyPwd.toCharArray())
				// load trust keystore
				.loadTrustMaterial(trustKeyStore, null).build();
	} catch (Exception e) {
		LOGGER.info(e.getMessage());
		throw new InternalException("Issue with connecting to ElasticSearch.");
	} finally {
		try {
			if (identityKeyStoreFile != null)
				identityKeyStoreFile.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			LOGGER.info("Failed to close filestream : {}", e.getMessage());
		}
		try {
			if (trustKeyStoreFile != null)
				trustKeyStoreFile.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			LOGGER.info("Failed to close filestream : {}", e.getMessage());
		}
	}
	return sslContext;
}

```

And this SSL Context is used to connect to ES with RestHighLevelClient  
public RestHighLevelClient restClient() throws Exception {  
RestClientBuilder builder = null;

```
		final SSLContext sslContext = getSocketFactory();
		**HttpHost post = new HttpHost("192.168.1.10", 9200, "https")**;
		builder = RestClient.builder(post)
					.setHttpClientConfigCallback(new RestClientBuilder.HttpClientConfigCallback() {
						public HttpAsyncClientBuilder customizeHttpClient(HttpAsyncClientBuilder httpClientBuilder) {
							return httpClientBuilder.setSSLContext(sslContext);
						}
					});
		
		RestHighLevelClient client = new RestHighLevelClient(builder);
		return client;
	}

```

With F5 url on top of elastic cluster my connection looks like below  
public RestHighLevelClient restClient() throws Exception {  
RestClientBuilder builder = null;

```
		final SSLContext sslContext = getSocketFactory();
		**HttpHost post = new HttpHost("elastic-dev", -1, "https");**
		builder = RestClient.builder(post)
					.setHttpClientConfigCallback(new RestClientBuilder.HttpClientConfigCallback() {
						public HttpAsyncClientBuilder customizeHttpClient(HttpAsyncClientBuilder httpClientBuilder) {
							return httpClientBuilder.setSSLContext(sslContext);
						}
					});
		
		RestHighLevelClient client = new RestHighLevelClient(builder);
		return client;
	}

```

When I execute with the change after F5 url, and execute search, I am getting an connection closed erro which I am not facing when directly calling the host

Can some one help me how can I connect to Elasticsearch with SSL and F5 on top of that

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-with-ssl-and-f5-url/138771/2 "2018-08-02T16:27:59Z")

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